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My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding.

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Have you seen this train wreck  show?

It started as a British Documentary following the lives of “travellers” or “gypsies” and their affinity for outrageous weddings and over the top dresses.

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Some of the finer points:

Rarely do the young girls have more then a Grade 6 education.  Never mind that they dress like tarts.

The girls main goal in life is to get married.  If you are not a Bride by the time you are 16-19, you are considered old.  It’s shameful and embarrassing to be single by your 20th birthday.

You must always do what your man child tells you.  Always.

Teen boys practice “Grabbing”.  This is where they grab girls against their will and kiss them. Hard.

Marrying your cousin. Acceptable.

If your Wedding Dress leaves a scar, you have a lifetime of bragging rights.

22778 Ep 101. Deliverables. Gag.

This is supposed to be a Wordless Wednesday post but how on earth can I post these pictures without voicing an opinion?

My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding, it’s turned into a bit of a side show.  Poking fun at their way of life, revealing the yuck and slimy underbelly of their lives with very little focus on their traditions and beliefs. 

My vote, enough already.

 

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    • Comments

    1. I am addicted to that show. Yep, total train wreck. I find it so weird that they let the girls dress and dance so provocatively (even very young ones), yet they have such strict rules about them being alone with boys.

    3. I admit I watched it. Troubling, to say the least. I like the vibrant colors, but going to the zoo to see a peacock seems like less of a trainwreck. Ugh.

    4. I think I saw a commercial for this reality show before but it just flew over my head. There are just so many outrageous reality shows nowadays.

    6. I’ve seen the show about 3-4 times. I can honestly say at first it was out of interest. But as you say, they do poke fun at them, meanwhile I’m pointing and laughing at those poor girls trying to walk down the isle with these dresses.

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    8. That show is like a train wreck. I can’t stop watching. The 22 year old who was an “old bride?” The girl who thought all the big, over the top dresses were too much…but then hers had a 22 ft train?? The girl who had a battery operated dress??

      W.T.F.

    12. Is it wrong that I now want to see a few episodes? I mean, I totally agree that it sounds like a repulsive train wreck, but I have a hard time resisting train wrecks….

    13. I’ve seen a few episodes. It’s sad to me. In the last show I watched the girl getting married had never spent a moment away from her parents in her entire short life. They probably have to keep them so close because they dress them like hookers at such a young age…just sayin’, but still sad .